Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-24
CHICAGO PARK,
Progress of the Colony Recently Estab-
iIshed Near Colfax.


The enterprise of colonizing Chicago
Park, near the town of Cofax, is note
worthy as being the first real colony in the
| northern part of this State Thermalito is
not colony in the more recent sense oil
the word. There, large tract Of land was
cut no and is being sold to all corners
| mostly old Californians. Chicago Park is
| TO be peopled by actual new settlers most
| of whom will come from the city of Chi.
| cago or its immediate vicinity.
Enough of the land has now been sold to
warrant the announcement that the COLONY
at Chicago Park will be perfect success
and the conditions OF the sale of its lands
| are such that success is dOubly assured
The scheme was originated by Morris Lob
| ner and w L. Hayford, of Colfax, who
| interested nine Chicago gentlemen in the
| project, and the eleven men formed a syn.
dictate which bought and bonded 6 zoe
| acres about three miles from Colfax on the
Nevada county side Of Bear river. 1t is
| rolling land with rich soil, well adapted
| to the production of apples, pears, grapes
and the more marketable varieties of fruits
Operations were began by laying off town
site of eighty acres. In the center is re.
| served public square 360x6Oo feet. Streets
and avenues have been laid ont eighty feet
in width, and the remainder of the town is
cut up into lots which average 40xi25 feet
in size. The streets have been named after
prominent streets in Chicago, such as
Calumet and la Sale avenues. Three
larger lots have been reserved for two
churches and school house. The Nevada
Narrow guage Railroad cuts across the
eastern edge of the town site. Just outside
OF the town five acres have been reserved
for hotel which the company will build,
possibly this fall, at cost of about S25 900
One bali OF these town lots have already
been sold i'll Chicago TO merchants, trades
men. mechanics and others, who will build
business and dwelling houses upon them
the coming year.
OF the land which it is proposed to put
under cultivation, $500 acres have been put
on the Chicago market, and 600 acres
have already been sold at SIS an acre in
tracts OF ten, twenty, and forty acres There
are very few which contain forty acres, and
none which are larger. These tracts have
all been sold upon the condition that five
acres shall be improved and planted during
the coming year, and no deed will be de-
liyered until this stipulation has been COM
piled with. The sellers also agree to allow
u rebate of $40 on each additional acre
which shall be improved during the COM
ing year. There is fine tract of fourteen
acres Just outside of the town site which
will be reserved as a public park, the COM
mon property of the town.
1t looks as if Chicago Park will be salts
foctoTy enterprise to all who are interested
in it. The sale of 1000 acres means the
settlement of at least 100 families. who
have ample means TO make all necessary
Improvements and live comfortably until
their land is in condition TO support them,
and the colony will accomplish a great deal
toward attracting attention to the Sierra
foothills.-Aub'trn Republican.